[Gllug] Choosing broadband

[Christopher Hunter]

On Fri, 2009-02-13 at 11:02 +0000, Dylan wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I've recently moved into a flat which has (surprisingly) no wire to the 
> property at all (well, the BT wire is cut off at the suspension cable and 
> there's no Cable installed.)
> 
> So I'm taking the opportunity to see what connections are available which 
> might side-step BT ... Samknows tells me that these outfits have LLU 
> installed at my exchange (Deptford): AOL, O2/Be, C&W/Bulldog, Orange, Pipex, 
> Sky/Easynet, TalkTalk, Tiscali, Urban Wimax.
> 
> AOL is out on principle, and you won't be surprised that Tiscali and Pipex are 
> severely dispreferred, but what experience (if any) do you have with the 
> others (service quality, blocked ports/content, customer-service numptiness 
> etc)? I'm not interested in phonecalls or TV, just an internet connection.

Sky - generally poor, but you get what you pay for - it's "free".  C&W
and TalkTalk- horrid!  

Be are actually OK (they're what I'm using at the moment), but don't
expect any support.  They give me a consistently quick(ish) connection
(20 Mb/s most of the time), whereas Virgin Cable claimed 20 Mb/s but
NEVER exceeded 6 Mb/s even before their "traffic shaping" scam.

Chris


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